Jack Whitehall and Gemma Chan have been together for six years after meeting on the set of E4's Fresh Meat

I can reveal the couple, who met in 2011 when they both starred in E4 comedy Fresh Meat, parted ways after struggling to make their relationship work around their hectic filming schedules.

A source said: “Jack and Gemma secretly pulled the plug on their relationship but remain good friends.

“For the past couple of years they’ve both been finding it difficult to make proper time for one another and, with their schedules showing no signs of slowing down, have decided to go their separate ways.

A League Of Their Own panellist Jack follows in the footsteps of his co-star Jamie Redknapp who is going through a marriage breakdown

The shock split comes as Jack prepares for the biggest gig of his career when he follows in the footsteps of A League Of Their Own host JAMES CORDEN by presenting the Brit Awards in February.

He has also been busy working on his new football-orientated YouTube series, Training Days – produced by Fulwell 73, the company behind James’s The Late Late Show and Carpool Karaoke series – which Jack will front in the run-up to the 2018 World Cup.

Madonna collaborated with producer William Orbit on her influential 1998 album Ray of Light

It was hailed for bringing electronica into pop music.

A source close to the producer revealed: “William wants to mark the 20th birthday of his most successful album, and arguably Madonna’s too, by revealing everything that went into creating the record.

“It will cover all the events, including how Madonna was originally working on the album with her old collab- orator Patrick Leonard and other producers, but changed direction completely when she heard Orbit’s sound.

“It was at that time that Evita changed the way Madonna sang and it came just after she became a mum, which really influenced the themes of the album.”

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The singer who is on track to score the Christmas No1 tomorrow with Perfect, said: “I used to always hang around after my concerts and sign autographs for everyone. Now I do so many shows in a week that if I stay up late, or stand outside in the cold, my voice could go and I might have to . . . well I wouldn’t cancel a show, but I would struggle at the next show.

“For me now it’s just about getting straight to the hotel and going to bed.”

It's best he keeps his Ed down.

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Box office: Star Wars: The Last Jedi is at No1 after hitting 723 cinemas – the widest ever release for a film. Taking £28million in four days, it just falls short of predecessor The Force Awakens, which raked in £34million in the same period. Paddington 2 is in at No2, grossing £31million in six weeks.

Release: Pitch Perfect 3, which wraps up the trilogy of America’s favourite dysfunctional female singing group the Bellas, is out tomorrow. But REBEL WILSON who plays Amy, said on Lorraine: “The poster for Pitch 3 said, ‘Last call, Pitches’ and I was like, ‘I wanna do four and five!’”

The change: Jungle Book: Origins has been renamed Mowgli. The film, set for release in October next year, will have a darker tone than JON FAVREAU’s 2016 effort, and the stellar cast includes CHRISTIAN BALE, CATE BLANCHETT and ROHAN CHAND as Mowgli.

Delays: The release of the SpongeBob movie has been pushed back from August 2, 2019, to July 31, 2020. It follows 2015’s Sponge Out Of Water, which grossed £235million. Paramount has also put JOHNNY KNOXVILLE’s comedy Action Park back to May 11, 2018, from March 23.